Events

  • Andrea Mihok
    “Gytha”
    Book Launch

    Westbeth Community Room

    Click image to enlarge January 15, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard) New York, NY 10014 Click image for more info about book Andrea Mihok lives here with her Ragamuffin cat—Gytha. She continues to research early English history and has begun work on a second book. She is also […]

  • HOME
    An evening of original prose about home plus musical interludes

    Westbeth Community Room

    Click to enlarge Tues February 11, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St enter tdhrough courtyard New York, NY Westbeth writers will be reading their stories (and an essay) exploring what home means to them. They include memories of their youth and reflections on dying parents along with the attendant loss of the […]

  • Miriam Chaikin 9th Annual Writing Awards; Reading by the winners

    Westbeth Community Room

    . Thursday May 8, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard) New York, NY 10014 Winner in Prose: Elizabeth Hoban Proud mom to three adult sons, she is a semi-retired nurse practitioner, who enjoys spending her free time with family, friends and four-legged critters. Reading and writing are her oxygen. […]

  • Arnold Hinton
    Book Event
    Photography

    Westbeth Community Room

    This event was cancelled because ordered books will not arrive in time for the launch. Click to enlarge Tues June 17, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard) New York, NY Arnold Hinton’s photography focuses on social justice and humanity, drawing parallels between the racism and oppression experienced by Jews […]

  • The Cat and The Moon
    One Act Play by W B Yeats
    Directed by Alison Armstrong

    Westbeth Community Room

    Tuesday Sept 30, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St (enter through courtyard) New York, NY 10014 WARC Literary Arts presents: The Cat and the Moon by W.B. Yeats Directed by Alison Armstrong Cast: Terence Burk: Blind Man Dennis Fitzpatrick: Lame Man Beth Griffith: First Musician Susan Hyman: Second Musician Alison Armstrong: Third […]

  • Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth
    Book Launch with author Miriam Chaiken

    Westbeth Community Room

    Friday Oct 17, 2025 at 7pm Westeth Community 155 Bank St (enter through courtyard) New York, NY 10014 and a second launch Wednesday Oct 22, 2025 at 6pm sponsored by Village Preservation at Westbeth Community Room This talk will concentrate on the architecture of Westbeth. For more info about this free event Village Preservation " […]

  • Stories Around the Table
    Losing It

    Westbeth Community Room

    Tuesday October 28, 2025 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St enter through courtyard New York, NY 10014 STORIES AROUND THE TABLE began many years ago as a Word of Mouth project by Karen Ludwig for actors and writers. Over the years and under her guidance it has evolved into a literary group of […]

  • Video of “Stories Around the Table” Filmed Oct 28, 2025

    Online

    (For close captioning, click  the rectangle with the double CC's  at the  Vimeo menu line) "I started this group many years ago when we were worried about getting old. I said ‘let’s write about it.’ We were 40. We used to meet at Shami Chaikin’s apartment, sitting around her table. Now 40 years later, we […]